Chapter 184: Exile to Gyeongju

"Everyone is angry, Judge Liu can also place the blacksmith here, but our Huangzhuang has other things, we can't place too much, if there are only these people behind you, you can place it!" Li Zhang finally spoke up at this time.

"Are you ......" Judge Liu saw such a young man as Li Zhang come forward, and his tone seemed to be higher than Hu Yan's trustworthy status, which made him a little puzzled.

"Below is Li Zhang, the companion of His Majesty, and this imperial village is now in charge of me." Li Zhang introduced himself with a smile at the moment.

Hearing that Li Zhang turned out to be Zhao Zhen's companion, this made Judge Liu also startled, although the companion has no grade, but he is a person next to the emperor, and the person who can be the emperor's companion must be deeply trusted by the royal family, this kind of person is not something he can offend, so he immediately said very politely at this time: "It turned out to be Li Companion, this official was rude just now!" ”

"Judge Liu doesn't have to be polite, do you only have so many people in total, if you are placed here, do you have any requirements?" Li Zhang smiled again.

"There are a total of 321 craftsmen who have been resettled this time, all of whom are behind me, and in the future, we will definitely bring in some charcoal and iron materials to build some utensils needed for the imperial tomb, so we need to build a workshop in a certain place, and you don't have to worry about the problem of eating, you only need to provide the usual water." Judge Liu immediately introduced that he didn't dare to make too many demands on Li Zhang.

"No problem, the imperial village is full of farmland, and it is inconvenient to place too many people, but there is a wasteland to the west of the imperial city, which is enough for you to build a workshop, and as for the water, I can also organize people to send it to you." Li Zhang nodded immediately when he heard this, it was nothing more than a place and necessary water, and there was no burden on Zhuangzi.

"That's great, thank you Li Ban for reading!" Judge Liu saw that Li Zhang agreed, although it was not in the imperial village, it was about the same, and as long as there was water, after all, it also needed a lot of water to make ironware.

Seeing that Li Zhang agreed to arrange these blacksmiths, Hu Yan Shouxin didn't say anything more, and at that moment Li Zhang personally took Judge Liu to the wasteland next to him, in fact, this wasteland was next to the gate of Huangzhuang, overgrown with low shrubs and grass, after those craftsmen came, they also immediately found tools to clean up the place, Li Zhang also asked Huyan Shouxin to call someone to help, and that Judge Liu was very grateful to Li Zhang.

The materials for building the workshop are on the ox cart behind, and after a while, the shed for striking iron was built, and the stove, bellows and other tools on the car were also unloaded and moved into the shed, and now the time is not early, Li Zhang also asked people to send drinking water and vegetables, the grain is their own, and the cauldron is set up to boil water for cooking, Li Zhang only then took Huyan Shouxin and others to leave, Judge Liu originally wanted to leave Li Zhang to eat, but they were too simple here, and they were worried that Li Zhang would not be used to eating, so in the end he personally sent Li Zhang away.

In the next few days, as long as Li Zhang was fine, he would come to the blacksmith workshop next to him to take a look, and occasionally send some vegetables and meat, which made Judge Liu feel good about him, and the blacksmiths in the workshop also recognized him as a generous young man, and every time he came to the workshop, many people also competed to say hello.

As he slowly got acquainted, Li Zhang also heard more news from Judge Liu, these blacksmiths are mainly responsible for the creation of various metal tools needed by the imperial tomb, and according to Judge Liu, if the imperial tomb is built in the future, this blacksmith will also take out half of the manpower to stay, because the maintenance of the imperial tomb also needs a large number of manpower, and craftsmen from all walks of life will also leave some.

But at this time, the news came from the capital again, and the verdict of Jinshan finally came down, and the place of exile was in the north not in the south, which made him also relieved, but even in the north, it was not a good place, but in Gyeongju in the north, which was the place where the party was at the junction with the party members, although the party was nominally attached to the Great Song Dynasty, but in fact there were still conflicts from time to time, and the Gyeongju side was not quite peaceful.

When Li Zhang rushed home, Mrs. Jin and Jin Xiaomei, mother and daughter, also immediately thanked him, although Jin Shan was still exiled, but at least one life was saved, and as long as Jin Shan survived five years in Gyeongju, he could return.

"When will Jin Shan leave the capital?" After Li Zhang said a few polite words, he immediately asked.

"The verdict said that we should leave Beijing immediately, and it is estimated that we will leave early tomorrow morning, and my little sister and I also plan to go to the city gate early tomorrow morning to guard it, and by the way, we will prepare some food to see my son off." Mrs. Jin immediately replied that she would notify the family after Jin Shan's verdict came down, and Lu Wu often helped to inquire about some news.

"There is still time today, I will inquire about the exact news, and we will see off Jinshan together tomorrow morning!" Li Zhang immediately stood up and said, he didn't expect the time to be so rushed, if he came a day late, I am afraid that he would not be able to see off Jinshan.

At that moment, Li Zhang did not look for Lu Wu, but went to the prison of Kaifeng Mansion by himself, found the prison officer last time, spent some money and easily found out the exact time when Jin Shan would leave Beijing tomorrow, and then he immediately went home to prepare some money, mainly to bribe the escort officials, so that they should not embarrass Jin Shan on the road, no way, this era is like this, those officials have low incomes, if there is no extra money, they would have been starved to death.

Early the next morning, Li Zhang left the house with the Jin mother and daughter, and then walked along the street until the Liangmen, which is the West Gate of Tokyo City, where Li Zhang passed every time he went to Huangzhuang, and the prisoners who were exiled to the north generally went out of the city from here, and then turned to the north.

In fact, there are so many people who come in and out every day, so it has also attracted a lot of vendors to come and do business, there are more than a dozen tea sheds for people to rest, and there are also large and small wine shops, although the grade is not high, but it is better than the number of pedestrians, so the business is also quite good.

Li Zhang ordered two tables of wine and food in a relatively large wine shop, and after waiting for a while, he saw a group of prisoners walking out of the city gate, escorted by two officials in front and behind, and Jinshan's fat figure was also very conspicuous among the prisoners.

In fact, not only Li Zhang saw him off, but other prisoners also came to see him off, but he was not as arrogant as Li Zhang, not only stuffed money but also booked the best banquet, so several officials were also very happy, collected the money and untied the rope of Jinshan, and then went inside to drink, as for the other prisoners were not treated so well, one by one they could only wait outside, but Li Zhang was worried that other prisoners would bully Jinshan on the road, so he also asked the wine shop to prepare some food for those prisoners, Then he took Jin Shan into the inside to see Mrs. Jin.

"Mother!" When Jin Shan entered and saw Mrs. Jin, he also fell to the ground on his knees, and tears welled up all of a sudden.

"My son suffered!" Mrs. Jin saw that Jin Shan also rushed forward and hugged him, although it was only a few days, but Jin Shan did lose a lot of weight, after all, no matter how Li Zhang let people take care of Jin Shan, the food in the cell still couldn't be compared with the outside, plus Jin Shan was probably not in the mood to eat, so the whole person looked a few times thinner, and the flesh on his face was loose.

Jin Xiaomei also pounced at this time, and the family of three also hugged their heads and cried, and after a while, they stopped crying under Li Zhang's persuasion, and then Li Zhang asked people to send wine and food up, and he accompanied Jinshan's family to eat and chat, and Mrs. Jin also took out the things prepared at this time, in addition to some clothes and dry food, there was some money, but it was not much, it was not that Li Zhang was stingy, but that Jinshan was a prisoner, and he went on the road with too much money, which would only lead to trouble, so it was better to wait for him to arrive at the place, and then send someone to send him more money to pay for it.

However, although the money is not much on the surface, in fact, in the clothes that Mrs. Jin gave to Jin Shan, several clothes were also sewn with a few gold leaves, in fact, the gold was smashed into thin slices, and if you didn't search carefully, you can't find it, this is the life-saving money for Jin Shan, after all, no one knows what will happen on the road, and leaving some money may be able to save your life at a critical time.

Mrs. Jin pulled Jin Shan and kept telling him, nothing more than asking him to pay attention to safety on the road, take care of himself, etc., Jin Xiaomei kept putting vegetables in Jinshan's bowl, and after half an hour, the officials also finished eating, and Jin Shan also ate some indiscriminately, and then he had to get up and go on the road.

"Li Zhang, my mother and little sister will be entrusted to you!" When leaving, Jin Shan once again threw his hand to Li Zhang and hugged his fist.

"Don't worry, I have everything here, and I will never let my little sister be wronged!" Li Zhang said sadly at this time, Jin Shan left, and he didn't know when he would see him again.

Jin Shan also trusted Li Zhang very much, nodded at the moment, and then told Jin Xiaomei to take good care of her mother, and then resolutely turned around and left, and the officials also tied the rope to his hand again.

Speaking of escorting prisoners, they are not like wearing shackles and wooden shackles like on TV, if these things are worn on the body, I am afraid that they will not be able to go far to exhaust the prisoner to death, so the general prisoner is only tied with a rope, and if the prisoner escapes halfway, it is also a capital crime, even if he is not caught, he can only live incognito for the rest of his life in the future.

After sending Jin Shan away, Li Zhang stayed at home for one more day, mainly to chat with Mrs. Jin's mother and daughter, so as not to make them too sad, fortunately Mrs. Jin was very open, but Jin Xiaomei kept crying, and even clamored to go to Gyeongju to accompany Jin Shan, and finally Mrs. Jin and Li Zhang finally persuaded her.

Li Zhang couldn't stay in Tokyo for a long time, otherwise Liu E would scold him again, so he quickly left the capital again, but when he left, Li Zhang brought a big box, because the contents of the box were too important, so he also specially called the wild dog to accompany him to Huangzhuang.